Communications
INTELSAT 906 (IS-906)
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INTELSAT 906 (IS-906) is a Intelsat S.A. communications satellite, launched on September 6, 2002 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 6, 2002 at 06:44 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44L →
- Operator
- Lockheed Martin
- Mission
- INTELSAT 906
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,806 km
- Periapsis
- 35,767 km
- Inclination
- 5.79°
- Orbital period
- 1436.09 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Intelsat S.A.
- Manufacturer
- Space Systems/Loral
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 4,723 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,955 kg
- Power
- 7,000 W
- Design lifetime
- 13 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2002-041A
- NORAD catalog №
- 27513
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Intelsat- Radar cross-section
- 22.2955 m²
- Status
- Operational